Biology 2250 - Principles of Genetics

Steven M. Carr
Dr. Steven M. Carr

Department of Biology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's NL A1B 3X9, Canada
  e-mail: scarr@mun.ca




Course lecture notes:
 
   Topic Last Revised Lecture Date
  History of the discovery of DNA   17 July 2025 - - - - - - - - - -
1 Structure of DNA: the Hereditary Molecule   03 Sept 2025   08 Sept 
2  How Genes Work I: DNA Replication & Transcription  03 Sept 2025   13 Sept 
3 The Genetic Code & DNA Variation 03 Sept 2025   15 Sept 
4 How Genes Work II: RNA Translation  03 Sept 2025   20 Sept 
5 How Genes Work III: Protein Structure & Function
                              Molecular Basis of Heredity
 


03 Sept 2025


  03 Sept 2025  
 
  22 Sept



    27 & 29 Sept
6
Chromosome Genetics
 I: Cytogenetics (abbreviated)
                              II: Genome organization


 
03 Sept 2016

 
03 Sept 2025

   04 Oct



06 Oct 


Thanksgiving
(No Lecture)


11 Oct
7
A Primer of Mendelian Genetics (Review):
          Dominance, Segregation, & Assortment ;

Extensions to Mendelian Analysis

03 Sept 2025




 
25 Oct 2025  


 
03 Sept 2016

 
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  20 Oct



25 Oct
27 Oct
8
Pedigree Analysis
03 Sept 2016
01 Nov
03 Nov
9
Chromosome Linkage, Recombination, & Mapping

  03 Sept 2016


  08 Nov
10
Molecular Basis of Mutation & Variation

 
03 Sept 2025

  10 Nov
11
Principles of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology 20 Nov 2025   17, 22, 24 Nov 
12
Application of Biotechnology & Genomics
 20 Nov 2025
  29 Nov, 01 Dec 

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Site last modified 19 January 2026
This page was first published on 14 October 1997

Dedicated to Norman Borlaug (1914 - 2009), Geneticist, Nobel Peace Laureate 1970, & Friend of the people of the Earth


 All text material © 2026 by Steven M. Carr